Meg Ryan, John Mellencamp break up

By Todd Leopold, CNN

Updated 3:24 PM ET, Fri August 22, 2014

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Photos: Surprising celebrity couples – John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan reportedly ended their three-year relationship in August 2014. It may be a shocker for some who didn't know the two were even dating. They join a list of other celeb couples we were surprised to find out either are or were together:

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Surprising celebrity couples – If the rumors are true, actress Sofia Vergara has moved on from an engagement with Nick Loeb to actor Joe Manganiello, pictured here. According to People magazine, the two have "just started to hang out," but if the pairing lasts it just might be the hottest in Hollywood -- and the latest to catch people by surprise.

Surprising celebrity couples – Actor Richard Gere and "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi are an item, according to People magazine. Gere is newly single after breaking up with wife, "Law & Order" star Carey Lowell, in September. Lakshmi was last linked with venture capitalist Adam Dell, with whom she has a young daughter.

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Surprising celebrity couples – Melissa Gilbert dropped a bombshell on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" in January: she used to date Tom Cruise waaaay back in the day. "Actually, when I dated him he was Tom Mapother still," Gilbert told "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy Cohen. "It was when he first moved to Los Angeles and I think I was ...16? 17? I did not have sex with him. We made out, but honestly, there was no sex." Intriguing!

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Surprising celebrity couples – Sharon Osbourne said in 2013 that she and former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno had a "flingy-wingy" when she was 25. (It was before her marriage to Ozzy Osbourne.)

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Surprising celebrity couples – Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg famously dated in 1993. The two played on-screen love interests in the comedy "Made In America," and they were soon moving the romance off screen as well.

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Surprising celebrity couples – Cher dropped a bomb during an interview with Bravo's Andy Cohen in June 2013: Not only had she hooked up with Tom Cruise when he was just a budding young star in the early '80s, but she could report that he was one of her top five lovers of all time. Cher, do tell!

Surprising celebrity couples – Whitney Houston and Ray J had an affectionate bond that fueled endless rumors that they were a pair following Houston's 2007 breakup with Bobby Brown.

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Surprising celebrity couples – Let's time-travel back to 1989, when New Kids on the Block wasn't an aging boy band but rather the hottest thing on, well, the block. At the time, it did make sense that Danny Wood would fall for another rising star: Halle Berry.

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Surprising celebrity couples – Perhaps it's because of the timing -- Matt Damon's career was just taking off with "Good Will Hunting" when he hooked up with Winona Ryder -- but it's easy to forget these two were a serious couple between 1997 and 2000.

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Surprising celebrity couples – Yes, before Kanye, Kris or Reggie, Kim Kardashian apparently had a little something going with Nick Lachey after his 2005 divorce from Jessica Simpson. Lachey told Details magazine that they had a date in 2006, but he thinks it was a ploy for Kardashian to be seen with an MTV-famous boy band member.

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Surprising celebrity couples – John Stamos has fond memories of dating Paula Abdul in the late '80s, just as he began starring on "Full House." "She was so adorable, she was America's sweetheart," Stamos told Ellen DeGeneres in 2009. "She was the biggest star in the world ... and we had the time of our lives."

Surprising celebrity couples – When Billy Corgan and Tila Tequila got cozy on the red carpet in 2009, the best word to describe most people's reaction was "confused." For whatever reason, the Smashing Pumpkins star seemed to be enjoying the company of reality minx Tequila at Bravo's 2009 "A-List Awards."

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Surprising celebrity couples – In the case of Lisa Kudrow and Conan O'Brien, it seems that like attracted like. According to Kudrow, she and O'Brien dated for a bit prior to her acting career before realizing they were better off as friends. But O'Brien's apparently been a great pal to Kudrow -- she's credited him with helping her launch her career.

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Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp had kept relationship quiet

The two reportedly began dating in 2010

Reasons for split include distance, different lifestyles, reports say

Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp have ended their relationship after three years of dating, a report says.

The two split "a couple of weeks ago," one of Mellencamp's friends told Closer Weekly, which was the first to report the news.

The pair had kept their relationship relatively quiet. The couple began going out sometime in late 2010, according to People magazine, after Mellencamp separated from his wife of 18 years, Elaine Irwin Mellencamp.

Ryan, 52, and Mellencamp, 62, kept time on both the East Coast and in Mellencamp's longtime home of Indiana.

They've been called the Beyonce and Jay Z of country music, and now singers Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are splitting. The couple confirmed July 20 that they are ending their marriage after four years.

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Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian have reportedly called it quits after nine years and three kids. According to E! (which hosts all things Kardashian), Kardashian decided to end it over the July Fourth weekend after photos surfaced of Disick with another woman.

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One day after their 10-year anniversary, actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner confirmed on June 30 that they are filing for divorce.

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Charlie Ebersol and Britney Spears attended the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in May, but by late June, the couple had reportedly split.

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Amy and Matt Roloff, stars of TLC reality series "Little People, Big World," are filing for divorce after 27 years of marriage. The couple shared the news on TLC's website.

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Actor Ed Asner has reportedly filed for divorce from wife Cindy Gilmore eight years after the couple first split. The pair married in 1998 and separated almost a decade later.

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Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn announced that she and Tiger Woods ended their three-year relationship, citing the strain of their busy schedules. "I will always cherish the memories that we've created together," Vonn said in a Facebook post. "Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart."

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After a year of "Conscious Uncoupling," Gwyneth Paltrow made her split with Chris Martin official, filing for divorce on April 20. She's seeking joint legal and physical custody of their two children. The A-list pair, who had been married for 10 years before separating in March 2014, reportedly took a "breakup-moon" in the Bahamas following their 2014 announcement.

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"Good Morning America" co-host Lara Spencer and husband David Haffenreffer released a statement to Page Six in March stating that they had decided to divorce after 15 years of marriage. The couple have two children.

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Rosie O'Donnell has split with her wife, Michelle Rounds, and will be leaving "The View" to focus on her family. A statement from O'Donnell's publicist said the two split in November. "Rosie has teens and an infant at home that need her attention," the statement said. "This has been a very stressful situation. She is putting her personal health and family first."

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Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams are divorcing six years after tying the knot, according to People magazine. "Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have mutually decided to end their marriage," a representative for Moore said in a statement. "It is a respectful, amicable parting of ways, and both Mandy and Ryan are asking for media to respect their privacy at this time."

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Say it ain't so, Joe! Matt LeBlanc and Andrea Anders ended their relationship of eight years, People reports. The couple met on the set of the "Friends" spinoff, "Joey."

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Jeremy Renner and wife Sonni Pacheco have reportedly called it quits after 10 months of marriage. E! reports that Pacheco cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and is seeking physical custody of their young daughter.

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TV chef Giada De Laurentiis announced December 30 that she and her husband, Todd Thompson, would be getting a divorce. They have one daughter.

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Comedian and actor Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife, Malaak. They have been married 19 years and have two children. "Chris Rock has filed for divorce from his wife, Malaak," Rock's attorney, Robert S. Cohen, said in a statement. "This is a personal matter and Chris requests privacy as he and Malaak work through this process and focus on their family."

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People reported that actress Helena Bonham Carter and her husband, director Tim Burton, called it quits after 13 years together. The pair, who worked together on films such as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Dark Shadows," "separated amicably earlier this year and have continued to be friends and co-parent their children," a rep told the magazine.

It seems the sweetness has run out of Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson's relationship with June "Mama June" Shannon. The couple, who star in TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," announced in September that they were separating. Now there are allegations that Mama June has moved on to a relationship with a man who's causing concern at TLC, leading to the show being canceled.

"Irreconcilable differences" claimed another fairy-tale Hollywood marriage when Amber Rose filed for divorce from Wiz Khalifa on September 23. The model-actress-singer sought full custody of the baby boy she shares with her hip-hop husband, according to a Los Angeles County court spokeswoman.

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Kris Jenner filed for divorce from Bruce Jenner on September 22. The couple acknowledged that they separated in October. "We will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated, we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our No. 1 priority," they told E!.

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Neil Young had more than a wife in Pegi Young; he also had a musical collaborator and a muse for some of his most classic love songs. But according to Rolling Stone, Young filed for divorce from his wife of 36 years in July.

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have been dodging breakup rumors for months. After multiple denials from Cannon, he finally admitted that he and his wife of six years have been "living apart." Carey's rep had no comment.

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Tea Leoni and David Duchovny separated in 2011, but they'd done that before and reconciled. However, according to TMZ and People magazine, Leoni and Duchovny quietly filed for divorce in June, bringing an end to their 17-year marriage.

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It looks like Michael Strahan and model/TV personality Nicole Murphy aren't going to make it down the aisle. People magazine confirmed that the couple has ended their five-year engagement. "They love each other very much, but with the distance and work schedule it has been hard to maintain the relationship," Strahan's rep told the publication.

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On July 2, Jewel announced that she and husband Ty Murray had split up. In a lengthy blog post, the folk singer/songwriter explained that she and her husband of six years had decided to get a divorce, choosing to "release each other" with love so that they "may take on our new form: dear friends and devoted co-parents of our beloved son Kase."

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After five years of romance, Rick Fox and Eliza Dushku parted ways. It seems it was distance that came between the former basketball star and the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress; Dushku told The Boston Globe that "Rick's an L.A. guy and I'm a Boston girl." As a result, she has moved back to Beantown and plans to eventually enroll in college.

On June 6, 2013, the rumors about Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart turned out to be true. A source close to Lopez told CNN that the infamously May-December couple had ended their romance after dating for three years.

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Actors Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell separated after nearly two years of marriage. The couple, who welcomed a son in July 2013, said in a statement that they plan to remain close friends.

After 20 years of marriage, Cuba Gooding Jr. and his wife, Sara Kapfer, split up. The actor's wife filed for legal separation on April 21, 2013. According to TMZ, the pair were high school sweethearts who went on to have three children together.

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Rapper Big Sean and "Glee" actress Naya Rivera called off their engagement in April 2013, six months after announcing their plans to wed. Rivera moved on from Big Sean to marry friend Ryan Dorsey in July.

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On the April 4, 2014, episode of Katie Couric's talk show, "Katie," singer Richard Marx discussed being "back on the market" after a 25-year marriage to Cynthia Rhodes. The couple separated in July 2013 and announced their divorce in April.

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According to TMZ, Khloe Kardashian filed for divorce from Lamar Odom in December 2013. The couple met, got engaged and married within a month in 2009, and they were the subject of the E! reality series "Khloe & Lamar."

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After a six-year relationship, Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom announced in October 2013 that they had decided to formally separate. TMZ indicated that the pair were planning to divorce. The couple, who share a son, said in a statement that they remain amicable.

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Movie veteran Clint Eastwood and his wife of 17 years, Dina, separated over the summer of 2013, according to People. They have one daughter together.

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George Clooney and Stacy Keibler were going strong -- and looking hot on the red carpet -- for two years. But in July 2013, their photogenic romance came to an end.

Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest decided to take a break in March 2013 after more than two years together, People reported. The duo's busy schedules were to blame, but they plan to stay friends, sources told the magazine.

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In September 2012, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler separated after nine years of marriage. They have two sons.

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes "amicably settled" their divorce in July 2012, just two weeks after Holmes filed for it, an attorney said. Holmes and Cruise, who were married for five years, have one daughter.

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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver separated in May 2011 after 25 years of marriage. The public has since learned of Schwarzenegger's affair with the family's housekeeper that resulted in the birth of his fifth child.

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After almost seven years together, Kate Winslet and director Sam Mendes went their separate ways in March 2010. The couple said that the split was mutual and that they would continue raising their children together.

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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman collaborated on four films together, including the controversial "Eyes Wide Shut," during their 11-year marriage. The couple split in 2001.

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Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins split in 2009 after 23 years together. The pair, who met on the set of "Bull Durham," have two sons but never married.

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Mia Farrow appeared in several of Woody Allen's films before the couple went their separate ways in 1992. The pair reportedly split after Farrow found out about Allen's sexual relationship with one of her adopted daughters, whom Allen married in 1997.